Yes. As far as I understand, "corn row colleges" wasn't originally a reference to branch campuses of state schools. "corn row college" referred exactly to those

Yes. As far as I understand, "corn row colleges" wasn't originally a reference to branch campuses of state schools. "corn row college" referred exactly to those tiny private places. I agree with your assessment that most of Wisconsin's land grants are quite good, btw. YMMV in other states, unfortunately.